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Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy

By RoughJustice

3 August, 2023

North Carolina author David Joy began his career writing about fly fishing, but we can be grateful that he changed his angle to become an acclaimed author of what’s often called rural noir or Southern gothic crime fiction. He captured the soul crushing effects of…

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When These Mountains Burn by David Joy

By RoughJustice

17 August, 2020

When These Mountains Burn is a rural noir crime novel set in the Appalachian Mountain communities that have been forgotten and left behind by urban America. The area has been ravaged by heroin, synthetic opioids and crystal meth. It’s a brutal, pitiless story, told in…

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A Reluctant Spy by David Goodman

By Sharon Richardson

26 November, 2025

Imagine you were given the opportunity to join an organisation in a position that comes with great perks and minimal expectations. What would happen if you suddenly found yourself thrown into a different position for which you have zero training? The new position comes with…

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Meet the author: David Secular

By crimefictionlover

21 July, 2025

For nearly five decades, David Secular has worked in the US legal system, all of which has fed into the inspiration behind his debut crime novel, A Hate Crime in Brooklyn. Readers are already full of praise, not just for its authenticity and insights into…

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Interview: Miles Joyner

By crimefictionlover

18 March, 2025

Today we welcome to the site Miles Joyner, a new crime author based in Washington, DC, who is about to release his first techno thriller. Bazaar is set in Miles’s hometown and opens with the assassination of a diplomat’s son while he waits for the…

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Interview: David Myles Robinson

By crimefictionlover

2 August, 2023

Following a 40-year career as a trial lawyer specialising in personal injury law, David Myles Robinson took up his passion – writing legal thrillers. Since 2015, he’s penned four novels in his Pancho McMartin series, about a top criminal defence lawyer and the troubling cases…

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Damascus Station by David McCloskey

By Vicki Weisfeld

26 January, 2023

Fans of realistic spy fiction will enjoy David McCloskey’s debut thriller Damascus Station, newly available in paperback in the UK. I listened to the audio version narrated by Andrew B Wehrlen and found it an utterly engaging tale. The story, in the early days of…

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Trick of the Night by Joy Ellis

By DeathBecomesHer

24 June, 2022

Do former police detectives ever stop, erm, detecting? Not if Matt Ballard and Liz Haynes are anything to go by. With a dining room turned into an incident suite and an unerring nose for a mystery, this pair of sleuths wouldn’t dream of putting their…

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Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy

When These Mountains Burn by David Joy

A Reluctant Spy by David Goodman

Meet the author: David Secular

Interview: Miles Joyner

Interview: David Myles Robinson

Damascus Station by David McCloskey

Trick of the Night by Joy Ellis

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